Drawing inspiration from mid 19th Century art movements like The Pre-Raphaelites, and from late 18th Century Romanticism, John Atkinson Grimshaw created indelible images that are imbued with Victorian Era ideals. Innocence. Romance. Beauty. These simple aesthetic tropes of the times are permeated throughout Grimshaw’s work. Whether depicting Gothic manors or urban streets lit by moonlight, faeries soaring through the night or ships in the harbor, Grimshaw’s paintings are almost photo-realistic and yet simultaneously elevated by his imaginative lighting and saturated by his use of Earth tones. Little is known about Grimshaw as a man, and little more is known about him as an artist, but his work on the other hand is quite recognizable even to those outside the art community. Our modern notion of what Dickensian London was like has been greatly influenced by Grimshaw’s work, which itself is just as timeless and unforgettable as the writings of Dickens.
“Spirit of the Night” (1879)
“Silver Moonlight” (1880)
“Dame Autumn Has a Mournful Face” (1871)
“Blackman Street, London” (1885)
“Whitby Harbor by Moonlight” (1867)
“Iris” (1886)
“London Bridge – Night” (1884)
“A Moonlit Lane” (1874)
“The Lady of Shalott – Version II” (1878)
“Whitby Docks” (1876)
“Reflections on the Thames, Westminster” (1880)
“The Lady of Shalott – Version I” (circa 1875)
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- “Spirit of the Night” (1879)
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- “Dame Autumn Has a Mournful Face” (1871)
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- “Blackman Street, London” (1885)
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- “Whitby Harbor by Moonlight” (1867)
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- “Iris” (1886)
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- “London Bridge – Night” (1884)
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- “A Moonlit Lane” (1874)
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- “The Lady of Shalott – Version II” (1878)
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- “Whitby Docks” (1876)
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- “Reflections on the Thames, Westminster” (1880)
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- “The Lady of Shalott – Version I” (circa 1875)
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